St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-24
Budd Reeve, the Former Poll
tieian, Takes Up His Pen
for One State.
He Says the Staid Lawmakers
at Washington Do Not
Hanker After Twins.
President CIeveland'S Mes
sage Suits the Democrats
of Dakota.
He Is Sure the Territory Will
Soon Be Admitted as
a State.

Speclal correspondence Oh the GlODe.
BUXTON, OAK, Dec. 20.-Something
like dozen years have come and gone
since 1 have been heard on matters of
public interest. quit about the time
ran for mayor of Minneapolis, and the
people showed their poor judgment by
electing the other fellow. The result of
that election made me somewhat skep-
teal on the subject of self-government
and the competency of the people to
chose for themselves. But as Mayor
Ames has been elected twice since,
and in the contest for the governor
ship reduced the Republican majority
of Minnesota from 10000 to 1000, and
as he is now spoken of for the vice
presidency in 1888 as the only man able
to insure the vote of Minnesota to the
Democracy in the next electoral college :;
and when l think how badly we Dakota
farmers are suffering for tariff reform,
when look back over the past and see
what is required to make a successful
politician, when l think how | am
obliged to go to bed early and get
up late to keep my health
from sliding out from under me,
When think of the inordinate amount
of cold water l am obliged to drink to
humor a weak stomach, because it is
always ready to break into open revolt
at anything stronger, when look back
and see wherein l should have been a
total failure on account of cOnstitu-
tiOnal, if not mental, qualifications;
when / see all my deficiencies in these
respects no longer feel sad or sour,
but accept the doctrine of fore
ordination with a clearneSS which it
never possessed before. 1t is all plain
now. 1t was foreOrdained that the
other fellow should hold the office, and
that should be Dakota farmer for my
health. If we accept the light of the
past there must be destiny written on
every hand, and all are keeping step
with the great march of advancement.
But it was not of politics, a reverie of
the past, sat down to write
to these things as the date
When exchanged the pen for a plow-
share, the only sword l ever had was a
wooden one, that l have beaten into a
pruning hook. A wooden pruning hook
might not be of any use in some cOun-
tries, but in Dakota, where there are no
trees to prune, it answers every pur-
pose. | sat down to write about a great
and coming birth. That is the real SUBJ
ject of this letter, and the reader is
asked not to get mixed up with
anything else. There is something in the
anticipation of birth different from all
other anticipatiOns. 1t is realistic
dream, made sacred and hallOwed from
the fact, the true anticipatOr lives sur
rounded by halo of joy and solemnity
equally blended, until there Is one more
to share fortune or bear burden: one
more to smile in joy or weep in sorrow.
1t was in anticipation of birth that the
shepherds left their t1Ocks at night and
went to look for the worlds great liking.
That there is a great and important
birth looked for in the United States
at an early day, all are agreed. On this
point there is but one mind. The wise
men of Dakota are already preparing to
go to Washington to meet the "wiSe
men of the East" to prepare for the
coming of the great and royal member,
and like it was of old, when the stars of
heaven sang together in rejoicing over
the birth of one greater than all, SO the
stars in the flag of our country will
soon be
CLUSTERING AROUND
a new member, representing a larger
state than any other on its folds. There
is something of more than passing in
tereSt in the thought that the births of
states and the days of state making
will soon be over. The government to-
day is like a loving mother who has
raised large family of children and
sees the last of them grown up and
going from her. She hates to part with
them all. especially the last one. She
would hold this one on her lap and call
it baby always if it would stay. When
the territories have all grown
into states, and the public lands
are no more, then what? The political
problem will change and grow more
complicated, and free institutions will
be put to their full test. There are
some who appreciate these facts, and
would shape government and legiSla-
ton to meet them. Then there are
others who seem to have but little re-
gard or thought on the subject. The
birth of great state is matter of more
than passing thought and Importance.
1t means another heir to the re-
| public. 1t means another voice
| in the fathers estate and business. 1t
| means another member at the table of
the great household. In the light of
coming events. it is not only well known,
but notorious fact throughout the
Whole country that a certain class of
Dakota politicians have become very
obnoxious and disagreeable at Washing
ton. Their presence to an Eastern con-
gresham is like shaking red flag be-
fore bull. The average OF UNI
thinking man may say it is be-
cause Eastern senators and represen-
| tativeS do not care anything about Da-
kota or her rights. That is not it. Every
| member, both Democratic and Repub-
I;ao,, 10 ipfaraStaH in nal-ofa
The true secret of all the disgust has
grown out of the demands of the divis-
ioniSts-nOt of the One-State men. The
| One-state man is popular at Washington
to-day. This disgust and unpOpularity
of the divisionist has come from the fact
that, in perfect disregard of the sol
emnity of the hour or the occasion, just
upon the eve of the birth of a
| great state, he has gone to Wash
| ington, almost bareheaded and breath
| less, and set up a howl for twins.
| Pounded the government for two states
| instead of one. Enough to disgust any
body. Congressman or any one else. If
| there is one thing above another that will
| give gray-headed, venerable senator the
| lock-jaw, it is the suggestion of pair.
That settles it. From that moment
iNyour influence is gone. He prefers to
adopt something or live alone rather
than be flooded in one day with
| a house full. He dOes't like
the idea of being obliged to
scratch for so many on such short no
tice. He doesn't feel as though he had a
fair chance in the race when double
weighted at the start. 1t is frequently
| stated that Democrats are opposed to
division, because they are afraid of their
! majority in congress, or that Repub-